Industry-Sponsored Research Working Group

Communications

Charges of the Working Group

  • Study Lehigh's current portfolio, opportunities, and challenges in industry sponsored research
  • Talk to active researchers and center directors on the Lehigh campus about their views on research alignment with a wide range of companies
  • Look at good examples of corporate interactions and the structure of those interactions at other universities
  • Talk to individuals who have successfully developed such efforts elsewhere
  • Propose an action plan, including target areas and industries for Lehigh to approach as individuals, groups or institutionally, and processes to effectively enhance Lehigh's industry sponsored research

Members of the Working Group

Co-Chair: Bruce Koel, Interim Vice President and Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies

Co-Chair: K. Sivakumar (“Siva”), Arthur Tauck Chair, Professor of Marketing, and Chairperson of the Department of Marketing

Alec Bodzin, Associate Professor, Science Education

Kathryn Humphreys, Assistant Vice President, Corporate & Foundation Relations

Shalinee Kishore, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Thomas Meischeid, Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and Interim Director, Office of Technology Transfer

Ziad Munson, Associate Professor, Sociology

John Sale, Energy Liaison Program Director, Energy Research Center

Emory Zimmers, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

 

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